noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a haven of peace (= a very peaceful place )
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Your home should be a haven of peace.
provide/offer/create a safe haven (for sb)
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The prime minister wanted to create a safe haven for the refugees.
safe haven
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The prime minister wanted to create a safe haven for the refugees.
tax haven
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
safe
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Like others on first-name terms with the Princess, they know that this is one of her few safe havens .
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A survivor, Nathan hunts for a safe haven .
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He convinced local landholders to give the monkeys safe haven by setting aside land as a preserve.
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Before long, public housing developments were functioning as traps, not safe havens .
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Those who begrudge these people a safe haven should remember that these refugees are ordinary people like them.
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The locker room is their safe haven .
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If mercenaries had been protecting the Balkan safe havens , there might never have been the massacre of Srebrenica.
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Some investors buy gold as a safe haven in times of political and economic uncertainty.
■ NOUN
tax
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Even so-called tax havens may fail to live up to their privileged reputation.
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New tax havens New locations are continually being attracted to the role of tax haven.
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The Bill would make it illegal to carry on business with tax havens .
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For the same reason, I fear that an accountant's expert knowledge of tax havens may once again be a saleable commodity.
■ VERB
become
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In its idyllic surroundings of the Herefordshire Wye Valley Courtfield has become a natural haven of peace.
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His flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes whom the war had thrown together in Cairo.
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The feminist and, increasingly, the lesbian community had become my haven in this country.
create
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Send ground troops to enforce - not just oversee - a peace? Create safe havens for the victims of war?
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The huge wooden doors shut snugly to create a haven safe from flying glass.
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Barn storming Stella Bingham Create a rural haven down on the farm.
give
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He convinced local landholders to give the monkeys safe haven by setting aside land as a preserve.
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But it does have a dome which holds a bubble of air giving a safe haven if needed.
offer
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Was it love or simply gratitude because he had offered her a safe haven ?
provide
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Victoria Gardens - traditional Victorian style gardens provide a haven for tired shoppers.
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For these the primary schools provided a gentle haven before they transferred to the local secondary modern school.
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Nevertheless, Orthodoxy provided a real haven for faithful Christians right throughout this period.
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The basket also provides a limited safe haven since it carries one or two cylinders of compressed air.
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Luckily, the Palace's spotlessly clean and well furnished rooms provide the perfect haven for a late siesta before dinner.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aren't you forgetting ...?/haven't you forgotten ...?
you haven't lived (if/until ...)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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More and more people are swapping their suburban house for a peaceful rural haven .
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She finally found a place to escape to, a small haven for herself and her daughter.
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The airport chapel offers a haven of peace only metres away from the bustle of the departure lounge.
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The church is a haven of peace in one of London's busiest areas.
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The massacre took place in what was supposed to be a UN safe haven .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For these the primary schools provided a gentle haven before they transferred to the local secondary modern school.
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Inside the walls it is still, today, a haven of pilgrimage and peace.
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Today this forgotten rural haven comes to life again in several delightful ways.